What animals are faster than wolves?

While most dogs can't outrun a wolf, the greyhound is much faster than wolves. Greyhounds can run up to 45 mph (72 kph), whereas wolves typically only reach 38 mph.
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What animal can outrun a wolf?

When it comes to escaping a pack of wolves, horses will outrun a wolf any day. Horses are bigger and have more endurance than wolves. A wolf can run at 35 mph at top speed.
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Are wolves faster than bears?

The grizzlies are more powerful, but the wolves are quicker and out-number the bear, says Smith. “It's almost like the wolves are the mosquitoes buzzing around the bear's head,” Smith says.
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Are wolves or coyotes faster?

According to multiple reports, wolves can run in bursts up to 38 mph, while coyotes have been clocked at 43 mph.
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What is the top 5 fastest animals?

Fastest Animals in the World
  • Top speed: 68 mph. Anna's hummingbird. ...
  • Related: 250 Would You Rather Questions. Ostrich. ...
  • Top speed: 43 mph. Pronghorn.
  • Top speed: 61 mph. Quarterhorse. ...
  • Top speed: 55 mph. Wildebeest. ...
  • Top speed: 50 mph. Lion. ...
  • Top speed: 50 mph. Perentie. ...
  • Top speed: 25 mph. Leatherback sea turtle.
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What is the fastest animal in USA?

Pronghorn are one of North America's most impressive mammals. Not only do pronghorn have the longest land migration in the continental United States, they also are the fastest land animal in North America. Pronghorn can run at speeds close to 60 miles an hour.
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Can a wolf beat a lion?

A lion would win in a fight against a wolf. Although lions and wolves are both carnivores with potent fighting abilities, a lion is overwhelmingly larger and stronger than a wolf.
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Can a wolf beat a grizzly bear?

Few instances of direct mortality to either species have been documented. Instances of wolves killing bears and bears killing wolves have been reported, but such events are rare and considered the exception. According to Mech (1981), wolves sometimes kill bears, but likely only young, old, or otherwise weakened bears.
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Can Usain Bolt outrun a bear?

Even Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, couldn't outrun a steadfast grizzly or black bear at full speed. During a race in Berlin, 2009, the famous Jamaican sprinter set the world record for the fastest human foot speed ever recorded.
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Can a wolf beat a hyena?

A hyena would win a fight against a wolf. The hyena is faster, heavier, and stronger than the wolf, and those are the only two appreciable differences between these creatures. They're both similar in stature and speed, but the fight would be determined by which creature can deal fatal damage.
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Would a wolf beat a tiger?

A tiger would easily win a fight against a wolf. The tiger weighs almost three times as much as a wolf, tipping the scale at 600 pounds. The tiger can run up to 40mph, too, more than enough speed to match or exceed a wolf. Wolves tend to hunt in packs, and they rarely come up against anything as deadly as a tiger.
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Is a wolf faster than a cheetah?

Which Is Faster, a Wolf or a Cheetah? Cheetahs are much faster than wolves, reaching upwards of 70 mph. That's almost twice as fast as most wolves.
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What animal has the highest endurance?

1. Ostrich. The world's biggest bird is also the best marathon runner on the planet. While the official world record marathon time for a human is just below 2 hours, 3 minutes, an ostrich could run a marathon in an estimated 45 minutes, according to Popular Mechanics.
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Who would win a jaguar or a wolf?

A jaguar can weigh up to about 100 kilos and a grey wolf is about half this, and then there's the you knew army aspect. So wolves tend to hunt in groups so groups of six and over will take down something about 100 kilos. If the jaguar's by itself it really won't need any help with taking down a wolf.
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What is stronger a bear or a crocodile?

Bears are mammals that can be ambush hunters as well as opportunists. Crocodiles are reptiles that are strictly ambush hunters. Crocodiles are longer and heavier than bears, and they have a much more powerful bite than bears. Bears have better senses than crocodiles, and they are stronger overall than crocodiles.
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Who would win a wolf or a pitbull?

In a fight, the wolf would likely defeat the pitbull, but the pitbull would not go down easily. Though pitbulls are rather unpredictable and can be aggressive toward humans and other animals, they are ultimately no match for their wild cousins the wolves.
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Who would win leopard or wolf?

Ultimately, a leopard is likely to win in a one-on-one, but a wolf has a greater chance when fending off a leopard with his pack by his side. In most cases, a fight in nature between a wolf and a leopard is not likely to end until one of the predators is no longer alive.
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Are wolf smarter than dogs?

Wolves do better on some tests of logic than dogs, a new study found, revealing differences between the animals that scientists suspect result from dogs' domestication.
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Whats faster than a cheetah?

What's faster than a cheetah? —no animal on earth can run faster. But a peregrine falcon can swoop faster than a cheetah can run.
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Are coyotes faster than dogs?

Coyotes have been “clocked” running short distances at speeds of up to 40 MPH (64 km/hr)! By comparison, the fastest human, Usain Bolt, has a top sprint speed of just 28 MPH. The top speed of a domestic cat is approximately 30 MPH, and the top speed of the fastest dog, the Greyhound, is about 43 MPH.
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